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Family SCOMBRESOCID.E. 



47. Cololabis brevirostris (Peters). 



(Jordan and Evermann, 1896, I, p. 726.) 



The adult of this species has been very rarely taken on the 



California coast. It occurs northward to Tomales Bay (the type 



locality), though the young has been recently found in abundance 



by the U. S. S. Albatross. It is very close to, if not identified 



with, Coloabis saira, a species occasionally found in large schools 



in Japan. Recorded from San Diego by Eigenmann (1892, p. 



143). 



Family AULORHYNCHID^. 



48. Aulorhynchus flavidus Gill. 

 (Jordan and Evermann, 1896, I, p. 754.) 

 This species is known on the Southern California coast only 

 from San Nicholas Island (Gilbert, MS. notes). Its range ex- 

 tends northward to Sitka, Alaska (Bean, 1881, p. 240). 



Family EXOCCETID^. 

 49. Cypselurus calif ornicus Cooper. 



THE GREAT FLYING FISH. 



{Exocoetus californicus Jordan and Evermann, 1896, I, p. 740, 

 fig. 319.) 

 Two large specimens were preserved from off San Pedro. It 

 is very abundant about the Santa Barbara and Coronado Islands. 

 It disappears in winter and it is not known where it goes, as it 

 has not been reported outside of California. It is probably the 

 largest of the flying fishes, and the only one on our coast. It is 

 said to be an excellent food fish. 



Family SYNGNATHID^.. 

 50. Syngnathus calif orniensis Storer. 



GREAT PIPE FISH. 



(SipJiostoma californieoisis, Jordan and Evermann, 1896, I, p. 

 764.) 

 Two specimens were taken at San Pedro. It is known north- 

 ward to Puget Sound (Jordan and Starks, 1895, p. 797), and 



